‘We can have abundant rivers and wildlife’: Director of ‘The American Southwest’ on new film

‘We can have abundant rivers and wildlife’: Director of ‘The American Southwest’ on new film

At its roots, The American Southwest, from Fin and Fur Films, is a natural history documentary. "I'm a wildlife guy," says director Ben Masters, who founded Fin and Fur in 2012. His infatuation with nature comes through in the film's exploration of the southwestern United States, traced along the path of the Colorado River from its headwaters in the Never Summer range of the Rocky Mountains to its delta in the Gulf of California. Along the way, …